Today we see how to use the multiplicative weight update method to solve other problems. In many settings there is a natural way to make local improvements that ”make sense.” The multiplicative weight updates analysis from last time (via a simple potential function) allows us to understand and analyse the net effect of such sensible improvements. (Formally, what we are doing in many settings is...

AIMS To describe the treatment of obesity from ancient times to present day. METHODS Articles reporting the development of anti-obesity therapies were identified through a search for 'anti-obesity' AND 'pharmacotherapy' AND 'development' within the title or abstract on PubMed and 'obesity' in ClinicalTrials.gov. Relevant articles and related literature were selected for inclusion. RESULTS S...

Obesity has been classified as an epidemic. It has become a major world-wide health issue while it directly causes many nutrition-related conditions (Caballero, 2007.). The United States is leading in number of people with weight problems. Over 60 % of its population are considered overweighed (body mass index 26-30 kgm-2) and half of that obsessed (body mass index >30kgm-2) (http://obesity1.te...

Purpose: To identify beliefs held by the general public regarding causes of weight gain, weight prevention strategies, and barriers to weight management; and to examine whether such beliefs predict the actual body mass of participants. Methods: A questionnaire-based survey was administered to participants recruited from regional and metropolitan areas of Australia. This questionnaire obtained d...

like other developing countries, iranian cities are growing and expanding physically at a high speed. for about five decades, the only policy of the urban development plans in the field of urban growth management has been definition of the urban growth boundary (u.g.b.) which is still used without any major modifications.despite the slight evidences indicating the ineffectiveness of the current...

like other developing countries, iranian cities are growing and expanding physically at a high speed. for about five decades, the only policy of the urban development plans in the field of urban growth management has been definition of the urban growth boundary (u.g.b.) which is still used without any major modifications.despite the slight evidences indicating the ineffectiveness of the current...

BACKGROUND Health professionals play a key role in the prevention and treatment of excess weight and obesity, but many have expressed a lack of confidence in their ability to manage obese patients with their delivery of weight-management care remaining limited. The specific mechanism underlying inadequate practices in professional weight management remains unclear. The primary purpose of this s...

Background and Objectives: Although a growing interest on the role of self-efficacy in weight management is reported worldwide, less research has been carried out on this association in adolescents. The aim of the present study was to investigate association of weight linked self-efficacy with anthropometric measurements in Tehrani male adolescents. Materials and Methods: The study was carried...